Zubin Mehta finds fountain of youth in LA Phil’s Gurre-Lieder

Zubin Mehta conducts the LA Philharmonic in Gurre-Lieder

Christine Goerke and Zubin Mehta

The LA Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale

Von Néstor Castiglione, 15 Dezember 2024

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“a performance that was rhythmically alert, impassioned and flowed with noble sweep”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, am 13 Dezember 2024

Schönberg, Gurre- Lieder

Christine Goerke, Sopran

Violeta Urmana, Mezzosopran

John Matthew Myers, Tenor

Gerhard Siegel, Tenor

Dietrich Henschel, Sprecher

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Zubin Mehta, Musikalische Leitung

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Laurence Vittes, 8th February

If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil

Néstor Castiglione, 23rd January

Compelling as a composer and conductor, Adams restored Roy Harris' Third Symphony to the Los Angeles repertoire, alongside one of his most recent works.

*****

Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature

Néstor Castiglione, 9th January

Reflections of nature and humanity's place within it in Salonen's 2026 return

****1

Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 18th December

A feast of Tchaikovsky with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under guest conductor Thomas Wilkins.

****1

Ligeti shines at Disney Hall under Gimeno's baton

Laurence Vittes, 14th December

Renaud Capuçon adds a degree of theatricality to his Mozart with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

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Néstor Castiglione

Néstor Castiglione is a freelance music critic, program note annotator, translator, and lecturer born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music, he also writes and lectures on the culture and popular music of early Shōwa Japan (1925 – 1945). His website is Echorrhea and you can also follow him on Instagram @echorrhea.

Zubin Mehta finds fountain of youth in Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Gurre-Lieder